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Contents

Articles

Korean 1

Korean/Alphabet 5

Korean/RWP 7

Korean/RWP/Lesson 1 8






Korean/RWP/Summary 35

Korean/Principles of Orthography 36

Korean/Essential Pronunciation Rules 40

Korean/Advanced Pronunciation Rules 44

Korean/Mini-tutorial Lesson 47

Korean/Getting started on Hanjas 54

Korean/Grammar Introduction 56

Korean/Personal pronouns 56

Korean/Demonstrative pronouns 58

Korean/Adjectives 60

Korean/Verbs 61

Korean/Conjunctions 65

Korean/Particles 66

Korean/Comparatives and superlatives 67

Korean/Questions 68

Korean/Commands 69

Korean/Dates and times 70

Korean/Lesson I1 71

Korean/Lesson I2 74

Korean/Lesson I3 78

Korean/Lesson I4 79

Korean/Lesson I5 81

Korean/Lesson I6 82

Korean/Lesson I7 84

Korean/Lesson I8 85


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Korean/Lesson I9 85

Korean/Lesson I10 86

Korean/Lesson II1 86










Korean/Lesson III1 92








Korean/Lesson VI1 101

Korean/Lesson VI2 102

References

Article Sources and Contributors 103

Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors 105

Article Licenses

License 106


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Korean 1

Korean

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Advanced

Grammar

III This is a Category III Language.

Welcome to the Korean Wikibook, a free textbook for learning Korean.

Note: To use this book, your web browser must first be configured to display Korean (Hangeul) characters. Check

the two boxes below:

The boxes show Hangeul characters and jamo. If symbols appear as blank boxes, garbage, or question marks (?),

your computer or web browser needs to be configured for the Korean language.

Introduction

Korean is the official language of both Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of

Korea (South Korea). It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.

Worldwide, there are about 80 million Korean speakers, most of which live in China, Japan or the United States, but

they also represent sizeable minorities in New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Canada, Uzbekistan and Australia.In the Republic of Korea, the language is most often called (Han-gung-mal), or more formally,

(Han-gug-eo) or (Gug-eo; literally "national language"). In North Korea and Yanbian, the language is most

often called (Chosnmal), or more formally, (Chosn).

Experts are still not completely sure of the origins of the Korean language, although it is generally believed to come

from the Altaic language tree. It is an agglutinative language, so it has some certain special characteristics that are

unlike English. A student of Chinese languages will quickly notice that Korean shares much of their vocabulary,

while a Japanese student will also notice similarities in grammar and vocabulary.

Feel free to use English Wiktionary's Korean language Category as a reference for these courses. New students to

this type of language may initially progress slowly, but as study progresses, previously unfamiliar aspects of Korean

will begin to make sense and new concepts will be more easily learned. Korean grammar is complex but surprisingly

also very simple, and always very fun to learn.
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Korean 2

Reading and writing

Alphabet Introduction

Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean (course)

/Principles of Orthography/

/Essential Pronunciation Rules/

/Advanced Pronunciation Rules/ /Mini-tutorial Lesson/

/Getting started on Hanjas/

Grammar

Introduction to Korean Grammar Conjunctions

Personal pronouns Particles

Demonstrative pronouns Sentence word order

Adjectives Comparatives & superlatives

Verbs Forming questions

Articles & qualifiers Forming commands

Forming dates & times

Vocabulary

Expert Hanja Hanja Terms for Expert Level Learners

Expert Terms for Expert Level Learners

Conversation
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Korean 3

1 (LEVEL I): Beginner

1. Greeting

(informal)

? (general)

? (formal)

2. Forming sentences

.

3. Connective Particles and Forms

-, -, -

4. Colors / Shopping

, ,

5. In a taxi / Distance and Time

/

6. Family

7. Around the house

8. The workplace / Using the telephone

9. School

10. Onomatopoeia

2 (LEVEL II): High beginner

1. Sports

2. Jobs

3. Downtown

4. Public transportation

5. At the hotel

6. At the library

7. At the farm

8. Medical care

9. The Weather

10. At the Theater

3 (LEVEL III): Low

intermediate

1. The human body

2. Religion

3. Nature

4. The universe

5. Reading a book

6. How much do you love me?

?

7. Using computers

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10

4 (LEVEL IV): High intermediate

1

2

3 4

5

6

7

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9

10
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Korean 4

5 (LEVEL V): Low advanced

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4

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6 (LEVEL VI): Advanced

1:

.

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3

4

5

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About the Authors

Authors

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Korean/Alphabet 5

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Introduction

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangeul (, "great script"), is considered one of the most efficient and logical

writing systems in the world. While most modern alphabets evolved from earlier hieroglyphics or ideographs,

(Hangeul) was created specifically to make it easy to read and write the Korean language.

Although the characters of (Hangeul) may appear to be ideograms like the traditional Hanja (, ), they

really form an alphabet. Each block character represents one syllable and is made up of individual jamo (),

much like the letters in the Latin alphabet. (Hangeul) is easy to learn because it has only 24 basic jamo.

See Wikipedia's entries on Hangul and Hanja for more about the history and design of the Korean writing

systems.

Consonants

14 Korean consonants

Below are the consonants () of the Korean alphabet. You don't

need to memorize them yet because individual lessons will cover eachletter in detail. For now, just be aware that the Korean alphabet has ten

basic consonants and nine variations on them:
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Consonant jamo

Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]

Aspirated

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

k

[kh]

t

[t]

p

[p]

ch

[]

Tense

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

gg or kk

[k]

ddor tt

[t]

bb or pp

[p]

ss

[s ]

jj

[]

Notice that some consonants have two different pronunciations (e.g. pronounced as /g/ or /k/ depending on

context). Also, some are "aspirated" and some are "tense". Those details and more are explained in ../Essential

Pronunciation Rules/.

Vowels

6 Korean regular vowels: diphthongs in red

There are 21 letters used to represent vowels: six basic vowels, nine

combinations of those six basic vowels (which originally were all

pronounced as diphthongs), and six vowels with an extra short dash

representing the initial y [j] sound.

Vowel jamo

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

ya

[ja]

eo

[]

yeo

[j]

o

[o]

yo

[jo]

u

[u]

yu

[ju]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

ae

[]

yae

[j]

e

[e]

ye

[je]

oe

[w]

wi

[wi]

ui

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wa

[wa]

wo

[w]
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Korean/Alphabet 7

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wae

[w]

we

[we]

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Korean/RWP


Read, write, pronounce Korean:

Course Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Summary

Orthography Essential Pronunciation Rules Advanced Pronunciation Rules

Grammar Conversation

Welcome to a course teaching you how to read, write and pronounce the Korean script! Here you will learn the script

without difficulty, because we're taking it step by step and you will have plenty of opportunities to practise. So dive

in!

Lesson 1 (first four letters: )

Lesson 2 (four more letters: )

Lesson 3 (final and four more letters: )

Lesson 4 (the last basic letters: )

Lesson 5 (aspiration, diphthongs)

Lesson 6 (doubled letters, more digraphs)

Summary

External links

Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean[1]

: A continuation of this course copied on a private (non-wiki) site.

See Talk:Korean/RWP for more details.

References

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Korean/RWP/Lesson 1






Congratulations on your decision to start learning Hangeul, the Korean script! You will see that being able to

read Korean will baffle your friends and enrich your life. Also, you will no longer be completely illiterate when

travelling to Korea.

Even though Korean may look similar to Chinese or Japanese to the uninitiated, it is actually much easier because

the characters are a combination of just 24 letters (jamo) and a few simple variations, rather than thousands of

drawings to memorize. So even going at a relaxed pace of 4 letters per lesson, you will have learned everything you

need to read Korean after just a few lessons, compared with the years of training required to master the Japanese or

Chinese scripts!

First letters

First we will learn the Korean letters (jamo) for "A" and "B".

B

(bieup) stroke order

Sound sample of (bieup) (helpinfo)

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [b] or [p]

The letter (called bieup) is pronounced somewhat like the English b sound. It can also sound like the English p

sound but it is not aspirated. That is, it is said without a burst of air. To feel or see the difference between aspirated

and unaspirated sounds, put a hand or a lit candle in front of your mouth and say "pin" ([p n]) and then "spin"

([spn]). You should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with "pin" that doesn't appear with

"spin".

So, sounds like the b in in the English word "bin" or like the p in the English word "spin".
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A

(a) stroke order

Sound sample of(a) (helpinfo)

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [a]

The letter (a) represents the vowel a as in father.

Combining letters

To combine them into a complete Korean character, fit them into an imaginary little square box:

Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: b a ba

Pronunciation: [p] [a] [pa]

Exercise

The character is the actual spelling of a Korean word. Can you guess what it means? Click "" below to see theanswer.

There is a standard way to represent Korean words in the Latin alphabet (the alphabet used to write English), called

the Revised Romanization of Korean. In that system, is represented as "ba". When there is a difference between

the standard romanization and the usual pronunciation of a Korean word, this course shows the standard

romanization of Korean characters and words in italics (like ba for the standard romanization of ) and the

pronunciation in square brackets (like [pa] for the pronunciation of).

N

(nieun) stroke order

Sound sample of (nieun) (helpinfo)

Now, the next important letter to learn is (nieun):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [n]

The letter (nieun) represents the n sound.
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Notice how the letter (n) combines with the letter (a) to make the character (na):

Letter (jamo):

=>

Pronunciation: [n] [a] [na]

Exercise

Try to read and understand the following word:

When you think you know the answer, click "" above and to the right to see whether you are right.

Initial consonant placeholder

(ieung) stroke order

In initial position, (ieung) is silent.

Every Korean character represents one syllable, and each starts with a space for a consonant. But some syllables start

with a vowel, such as the beginning of the Korean greeting "annyeong haseyo". Those syllables use the placeholder

(called ieung) for the initial consonant. It's easy to remember the placeholder because it has zero pronunciation

and is written like the number zero (0):

Letter (jamo):

O

Pronunciation: (silent)

To make a syllable that starts with a vowel, write the placeholder O followed by that vowel:

Letter (jamo):

O =>

Pronunciation: (silent) [a] [a]

So, the initial consonant placeholder O (ieung) combines with (a) to make the word (a, meaning "ah" or "oh").

Excercise

Try to read the following Korean words:


Syllables with a final consonant

Some syllables end in a consonant, especially when a word has a cluster of two consonants in the middle: one

consonant then forms the end of one syllable and the other forms the beginning of the next syllable. Fitting two

consonants and a vowel into a little square box is a little trickier. First write the initial consonant and the vowel next

to each other as before, then put the final consonant below them. For example:
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Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: b a

n

ban

Pronunciation: [ p a n ] [pan]

Exercise

Can you read the following?


Did you manage to read that? If so, you will soon be able to read Korean fluently.

End of lesson 1

This was in fact the hardest lesson of all, because you didn't have any previous knowledge. The next lessons will

build on what you learned here and you will find them easier, also because you will be able to practise reading much

more once you know a few more letters. If you don't feel overwhelmed right now, you can already continue with the

next lesson, where you will learn a few more letters and many more words. Otherwise, please come back to it later.

Jamo learned so far:

Consonant jamo

Basic

Letter (jamo)

RomanizationPronunciation

n[n]

b or p[b] or [p]

-(initial)

silent

Vowel jamo

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]





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Korean/RWP/Lesson 2






Consonants learned in Lesson 1:

Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

n

[n]

b or p

[b] or [p]

-

(initial)

silent

Vowels learned in Lesson 1:

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

Welcome back! This is the second lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean".

In the last lesson, you already learned four letters: (bieup), (a), (nieun) and O (ieung). In this lesson, you

will learn four new letters. Combined with the four you already know, they will open up quite a few Korean words to

you.

The consonant (mieum)

(mieum) stroke order

Sound sample of (mieum) (helpinfo)

The first new consonant to learn is (mieum):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [m]

(mieum) is pronounced just like a regular English m. Be careful not to confuse it with 'O', which doesn't have

corners.

Letter (jamo):

=>

Pronunciation: [m] [a] [ma]
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Letter (jamo):

Romanization: l or r

Pronunciation: [] or [l]

(rieul) is pronounced like the l in letor like the the rin the Spanish word rbol, and is transliterated as ror l.

Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: r a ra

Pronunciation: [] [a] [a]

Exercise

Each of these words has (rieul). Translate each word into English. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.

The consonant (giyeok)

(giyeok) stroke order

Sound sample of (giyeok) (helpinfo)

Finally, the consonant (giyeok) will unlock lots of words to you:

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [g] or [k]

(giyeok) is pronounced like the kin sky or the c in scrape. It is not aspirated, so it does not sound like the c in cry

or vacation. Many English speakers liken it more to the g sound. It is transliterated as g or k. Be careful not to

confuse it with (nieun). When (giyeok) is combined with a vowel such as (a) or (i), it changes shape

slightly:

Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: g i gi

Pronunciation: [k] [i] [ki]
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Exercise

Translate these words with (giyeok) into English. Click "Show" to check your answers, as usual.

End of lesson 2

Very good! You have now learned 8 Korean letters already and the rest won't be difficult either. Feel free to continue

with the next lesson.

Consonants learned so far:

Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

-

(initial)

silent

Vowels learned so far:

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

i

[i]





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Korean/RWP/Lesson 3







Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

-

(initial)

silent


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

i

[i]

Welcome back! This is the third lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". In the previous two lessons,

you already learned a total of 8 letters.

In this lesson, you will learn 4 additional basic letters and many new Korean words. You will even use your

knowledge to write some Korean words, rather than just reading them.

The vowel (o)

(o) stroke order

Sound sample of(o) (helpinfo)

The first new letter is the vowel (o):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [o]

The vowel (o) is pronounced like the ow in the American English pronunciation ofrow or the a in the Australian

English pronunciation ofball (IPA: [o]). Since this vowel is much wider than it is tall (unlike the vowels you have

learned so far), it would be difficult to fit it beside a consonant in a little square box. Instead, it is written below the

initial consonant:
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Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: r

o

ro

Even when (o) is already below the consonant, it is still possible to add another consonant below to make the

syllable end in a consonant:

Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: b

ol

bol

Pronunciation: [ p o l ] [pol]

Exercise

Try to read the following Korean words that contain the letter (o). Click "" to check your answers, as usual.

Final (ieung)

Final (ieung) stroke order

Sound sample of Final (ieung) (helpinfo)

The consonant (ieung) can appear at the end of a syllable. When (ieung) comes at the beginning of a syllable,

it is just a placeholder enabling the syllable to start with a vowel, but when it comes at the end of a syllable, it is

pronounced like the ng in ring and is transliterated as ng.

Letter (jamo):

o=>

o

Romanization: (none)

o

ng

ong

Pronunciation: [ o ] [ o ]
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Exercise

Practise reading these words now:

The consonant (digeut)

(digeut) stroke order

Sound sample of (digeut) (helpinfo)

Time to learn the consonant (digeut):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [d] or [t]

The letter (digeut) is pronounced similar to the tin stop or strain. It is not aspirated, so it does not sound like the t

in try or today. Many English speakers liken it more to the dsound. It is transliterated as dor t.

Exercise

Practise reading by guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:

Check your answers by clicking "", as usual.

The consonant (siot)

(siot) stroke order

Sound sample of (siot) (helpinfo)

Meet (siot):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [s] or []

The letter (siot) is usually pronounced like the s in sandand is transliterated as s. When the following vowel is

(i), though, sounds a little different because the body of the tongue is raised toward the palate to make the [i]

sound. So, the syllable (IPA: [so]) sounds like the English word "so", but the syllable (IPA: [i]) sounds

similar to the English word "she".
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Exercise

Practise reading:

The vowel (eu)

(eu) stroke order

Sound sample of (eu) (helpinfo)

The last letter for this lesson is (eu):

Letter (jamo):

Romanization: eu

Pronunciation: [] or []

The vowel (eu) looks just like an ordinary horizontal line. It is much wider than tall, so it is also written below

the preceding consonant rather than next to it. Its pronunciation is a bit strange for English speakers, somewhat like

the oo ofbootbut without rounding the lips. In words of foreign origin, it is often an in-between neutral vowel sound

used to make consonant clusters more pronounceable for the Koreans. In such words (and otherwise when

unstressed), it often is pronounced similar to the u of the Southern American English pronunciation ofnut, and the

guttural "e" sound in French.

Exercise

Words for practise:

Exercise: Writing practice

Since you now can read Korean words with these jamo, try some writing practice:

End of lesson 3

If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 4, where you will learn the rest of the simple

letters and continue practising your writing skills.


Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []
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Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

o

[o]

eu

[]

i

[i]






Korean/RWP/Lesson 4







Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

o

[o]

eu

[]

i

[i]

This lesson is not yet complete. Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons plan or clicking "edit".

Welcome back! This is the 4th lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the rest ofthe basic Korean letters.

The vowel (u)
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(u) stroke order

Sound sample of(u) (helpinfo)

The first new letter is the vowel (u):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [u]

The vowel is pronounced like the oo in boot. Similar in appearance to (o) and (eu), the vowel (u) is

wider than it is tall, so it is written below the consonant rather than next to it.

Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: d

u

du

Exercise

The following Korean words contain (u). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as

usual.

You can check your answers by clicking at "Show" above, as usual.

Exercise: writing practice

Try to write the following words:

The vowel (eo)

(eo) stroke order

Sound sample of(eo) (helpinfo)

The next of the vowels to learn is (eo):
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Letter (jamo):

Romanization: eo

Pronunciation: []

The vowel is pronounced like the u in plus (IPA: [ ]) and transcribed as eo (think "surgeon"). Similar inappearance to (a), the vowel (eo) is taller than it is wide, so it is written next to the consonant.

Exercise

Try to translate these Korean words:

Try translating the following words into Korean:

The vowel (e)

(e) stroke order

Sound sample of(e) (helpinfo)

The next vowel to learn is the digraph (e):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [e]

The appearance the vowel shows that it was originally a diphthong of(eo) and (i). Today, it is pronounced

like the e in the Australian pronunciation of word bedand transcribed as e.

Exercise


The vowel (ae)
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(ae) stroke order

Sound sample of(ae) (helpinfo)

The last vowel for this lesson is the digraph (ae):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: []

The appearance the vowel shows that it was originally a diphthong of (a) and (i). Today, it is pronounced

like the e in the American pronunciation of the English word bedand transcribed as ae.

Exercise


The consonant (hieut)

(hieut) stroke order

Sound sample of (hieut) (helpinfo)

The next consonant for this lesson is (hieut):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [h]

Exercise


The consonant (jieut)
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(jieut) stroke order

Sound sample of (jieut) (helpinfo)

The last consonant for this lesson is (jieut), it is pronounced as a j or a ch:

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: []

Exercise


End of lesson 4

If you learned the letters in this lesson, you are ready to go on to lesson 5, where you will learn some simple

variations of the letters you already learned.


Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

eo

[]

o

[o]

u

[u]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)


ae[]

e[e]





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Korean/RWP/Lesson 5







Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

eo

[]

o

[o]

u

[u]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

ae

[]

e

[e]

Welcome back! This is the fifth lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers somevariations on the letters you already learned.

The consonant (kieuk)

(kieuk) stroke order

Sound sample of (kieuk) (helpinfo)

The first new letter is the consonant (kieuk):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [kh]

The first new letter to learn is (kieuk). It looks and similar to (giyeok) and but has an additional horizontal line,

which indicates that is aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. As you may recall, the difference

between aspirated and unaspirated sounds is easily demonstrated by putting a hand or a lit candle in front of your

mouth and saying "can" ([khn]) and then "scan" ([skn]). You should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the

candle flame with "can" that does not appear with "scan". So, (kieuk) is pronounced like the c in can.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_velar_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_velar_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8B_%28kieuk%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean


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Exercise

Try writing the following words in Korean:

Try guessing the meaning of following Korean words:

The vowel (ya)

(ya) stroke order

Sound sample of(ya) (helpinfo)

The first new vowel to learn is (ya):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [ja]

The first vowel to learn is (ya). It looks and sounds similar to (a). The additional short line indicates that the

pronunciation begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (ya) is pronounced like the ya in yahoo, the German

word ja, and the Russian word (IPA: [ja]). In the terminology of phonetics, (ya) and the other four vowels in

this lesson are the iotizedversions of vowels you already learned.

Exercise

Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words:

The consonant (tieut)

(tieut) stroke order

Sound sample of (tieut) (helpinfo)

The next new letter is the consonant (tieut):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [t]

(tieut) looks and similar to (digeut) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is

aspirated. That is, is pronounced with a burst of air. Again, to demonstrate the aspiration, put a hand or a lit

candle in front of your mouth and say "tone" ([ton]) and then "stone" ([ston]). You should either feel a puff of air or

see a flicker of the candle flame with "tone" that does appear with "stone". So, (tieut) is pronounced like the tin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_%3F_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_%3F_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8C_%28tieut%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ja#Germanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_open_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_open_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%91_%28ya%29_stroke_order.png


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tone.

Exercise


Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:

The consonant (pieup)

(pieup) stroke order

Sound sample of (pieup) (helpinfo)

The next new letter is the consonant (pieup):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [p]

(pieup) looks and sounds similar to (bieup) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is


candle in front of your mouth and say "pin" ([p n]) and then "spin" ([spn]). You should either feel a puff of air or

see a flicker of the candle flame with "pin" that does appear with "spin". So, (pieup) is pronounced like the p in

pin.

Exercise


Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words and names:

The consonant (chieut)

(chieut) stroke order

Sound sample of (chieut) (helpinfo)

The next new letter is the consonant (chieut):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: []
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_%3F_affricative.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_%3F_affricative.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8A_%28chieut%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Aspirated_bilabial_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Aspirated_bilabial_plosive.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%8D_%28pieup%29_stroke_order.png


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(chieut) looks and sounds similar to (jieut) and but has an additional horizontal line, which indicates that is


candle in front of your mouth and say "chin" ([t n]) and then "gin" ([dn]). Ignoring the difference in use of the

vocal cords, you should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with "chin" that does appear with

"gin". So, although there is no precise English sound for (chieut), it is pronounced similar to the ch in chin.

Exercise


Try guessing the meaning of the following Korean words:

The vowel (yeo)

(yeo) stroke order

Sound sample of(yeo) (helpinfo)

The next new vowel to learn is (yeo):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [j]

The vowel (yeo) looks and sounds similar to (eo). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation

begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yeo) is pronounced like the you in young.

Exercise


Try to write the following in Korean:

The vowel (yo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_open-mid_back_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%95_%28yeo%29_stroke_order.png


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(yo) stroke order

Sound sample of(yo) (helpinfo)

The next new vowel to learn is (yo):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [jo]

The vowel (yo) looks and sounds similar to (o). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation

begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yo) is pronounced like the yo in yoga.

Exercise



The vowel (yu)

(yu) stroke order

Sound sample of(yu) (helpinfo)

The next new vowel to learn is (yu):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [ju]

The vowel (yu) looks and sounds similar to (u). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation

begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yu) is pronounced like the English word you.

Exercise

Try to guess the meaning of the following Korean words and names:


The vowel (ye)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%A0_%28yu%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_%3F_rounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%9B_%28yo%29_stroke_order.png


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(ye) stroke order

Sound sample of(ye) (helpinfo)

The next new vowel to learn is (ye):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [j]

The vowel

(ye) looks and sounds similar to

(e). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciationbegins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (ye) is pronounced like the Ya in the English word Yale.

Exercise



The vowel (yae)

(yae) stroke order

Sound sample of(yae) (helpinfo)

The next new vowel to learn is (yae):

Letter (jamo):

Pronunciation: [j]

The vowel (yae) looks and sounds similar to (ae). The additional short line indicates that the pronunciation

begins with a short "y" sound (IPA: [j]). So, (yae) is pronounced similar to the ye in the English word yet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%92_%28yae%29_stroke_order.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:Iotized_close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:Iotized_close-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%E3%85%96_%28ye%29_stroke_order.png


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Exercise



This lesson is not yet complete. Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons plan or clicking "edit".

End of lesson 5

Very good! You have now learned almost all of the Korean letters. When you are ready, continue to the last lesson,

Lesson 6, to learn the last of the letters: the "tense" consonants and other digraphs. (It will be easy because they are

all based on letters you already know.)


Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]

Aspirated

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

k

[kh]

t

[t]

p

[p]

ch

[]


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

ya

[ja]

eo

[]

yeo

[j]

o

[o]

yo

[jo]

u

[u]

yu

[ju]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

ae

[]

yae

[j]

e

[e]

ye

[je]





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Korean/RWP/Lesson 6







Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]

Aspirated

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

k

[kh]

t

[t]

p

[p]

ch

[]


Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

ya

[ja]

eo

[]

yeo

[j]

o

[o]

yo

[jo]

u

[u]

yu

[ju]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)


ae

[]

yae

[j]

e

[e]

ye

[je]

This lesson is not yet complete. The lesson plan says it should introduce "doubled letters" ( , , , , and)

and "the remaining diphthongs" (, , , , , , and). Help complete it by reading Korean/Writing lessons

plan or clicking "edit".

Welcome back! This is the sixth lesson of "Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean". This lesson covers the

remaining jamo, all just variations on the letters you already learned.

The diphthong (wi)The vowel is pronounced like the u in the French word chute (IPA: [ y ]) and transcribed as wi. Its appearance

shows that it was originally a diphthong of(u) and (i).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthonghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_planhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_planhttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Korean/Writing_lessons_plan_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean


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Letter (jamo):

=>

Romanization: d

w

i dwi

Pronunciation: [ d y ] [ dy ]

Exercise

The following Korean words contain (wi). Guess what the words mean. Click "Show" to check your answers, as

usual.


The vowel ? (?)

? (?) stroke order

Sound sample of ? (?) (helpinfo)

The first new letter is the vowel ? (?):

Letter (jamo):

?

Pronunciation: [?]

The vowel ? is pronounced like the ? in ???. As its shape indicates, it was originally a digraph of ? and ?, but today it

is pronounced like ?.

Letter (jamo):

?=>

?

?

Romanization: ?

y?

??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamohttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=File:%3F_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_helphttp://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Media:%3F_vowel.ogghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul#Jamo


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Consonant jamo

Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]

Aspirated

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

k

[kh]

t

[t]

p

[p]

ch

[]

Tense

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

gg or kk

[k]

ddor tt

[t]

bb or pp

[p]

ss

[s ]

jj

[]

Vowel jamo

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

ya

[ja]

eo

[]

yeo

[j]

o

[o]

yo

[jo]

u

[u]

yu

[ju]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

ae

[]

yae

[j]

e

[e]

ye

[je]

oe

[w]

wi

[wi]

ui

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wa

[wa]

wo

[w]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wae

[w]

we

[we]





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensenesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean


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Consonants

Consonant jamo

Basic

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

g or k

[g] or [k]

n

[n]

dor t

[d] or [t]

ror l

[] or [l]

m

[m]

b or p

[b] or [p]

s

[s]

- or ng

silent or []

j or ch

[] or []

h

[h]

Aspirated

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

k

[kh]

t

[t]

p

[p]

ch

[]

Tense

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

gg or kk

[k]

ddor tt

[t]

bb or pp

[p]

ss

[s ]

jj

[]

Vowels

Vowel jamo

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

a

[a]

ya

[ja]

eo

[]

yeo

[j]

o

[o]

yo

[jo]

u

[u]

yu

[ju]

eu

[]

i

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

ae

[]

yae

[j]

e

[e]

ye

[je]

oe

[w]

wi

[wi]

ui

[i]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wa

[wa]

wo

[w]

Letter (jamo)

Romanization

Pronunciation

wae

[w]

we

[we]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-mid_back_rounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-mid_back_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_front_unrounded_vowelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensenesshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Koreanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_glottal_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_alveolo-palatal_affricatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velar_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricativehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_bilabial_plosivehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilabial_nasalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_lateral_approximanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alveolar_taphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveol

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